CVE-2026-34042

high

Description

act is a project which allows for local running of github actions. Prior to version 0.2.86, act's built in actions/cache server listens to connections on all interfaces and allows anyone who can connect to it including someone anywhere on the internet to create caches with arbitrary keys and retrieve all existing caches. If they can predict which cache keys will be used by local actions, they can create malicious caches containing whatever files they please most likely allowing arbitrary remote code execution within the docker container. This issue has been patched in version 0.2.86.

References

https://github.com/nektos/act/security/advisories/GHSA-x34h-54cw-9825

https://github.com/nektos/act/releases/tag/v0.2.86

https://github.com/nektos/act/commit/c28c27e141e8b54f9853de82f421ee09846751f7

https://code.forgejo.org/forgejo/runner/issues/294

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-03-31

Updated: 2026-04-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:P/A:N

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.2

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00052